Four people, including ESP Co-Chair Hatice Deniz Aktaş, were sentenced to a total of 69 years and 3 months in prison. ANF ISTANBUL Friday, 17 October 2025, 18:33 The trial of Hatice Deniz Aktaş, co-chair ...

Two Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) fighters undergoing training at the Martyr Rojda Academy in the city of Raqqa spoke about their motivations for joining the academy and the lessons they have received. They affirmed their ...

The arrest warrant against Nihat Asut has been suspended by the Third Criminal Division of the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg. The Kurdish man had been held in prison since his arrest in March ...

During a trip to Amed (tr. Diyarbakır), Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş reaffirmed efforts to find a political solution to the Kurdish question. Accompanied by members of the “Commission for National Solidarity, Brotherhood, and Democracy,” ...

Members of the Confederation of Public Employees’ Trade Unions (KESK), who are campaigning for the reinstatement of those dismissed by emergency decree (KHK), were prevented by police in Ankara from staging a planned protest in ...

An international cooperation protocol was signed between the city of Tremblay-en-France in France and the Sur district of Amed (Diyarbakır) to strengthen solidarity between the two communities. The protocol aims to enhance cultural, social, and ...

The 2nd Mesopotamia Water Forum (MSF), which seeks to protect water resources in Mesopotamia, ensure ecological justice, and defend people’s right to water, has begun in Amed (tr: Diyarbakır). The forum, organized by the Mesopotamia ...

Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been imprisoned on the Turkish prison island of Imrali since 1999, emphasized the importance of the “right to hope” during his most recent meeting with his lawyers. A statement ...

Groups affiliated with the Damascus Interim Government are imposing a heavy blockade on the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah neighborhoods of Aleppo, and Kurdish youths are being kidnapped. The residents of both neighborhoods have organized demonstrations ...

The vigil to demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan began on 20 July 2023, in the Martyr Rustem Cudi Refugee Camp in Maxmur. The action is now on its 820th day and being carried out by ...